Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu :(

c. marlow chris at marlows.org
Fri Jun 13 19:26:26 UTC 2014




-----Original Message-----
From: Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>
To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Good ol' UNRELIABLE Lubuntu :(
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 07:22:27 -0500

On 06/13/2014 01:11 AM, c. marlow wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> So I accidentally dozed off and went to bed. I LEFT the PC ON.... Just
> turned the screen off.... Just now woke up at 12:30 its now 1:09 AM
> and I decided to check on something. I turned the screen on, moved the
> mouse.... NOTHING.... Screen stayed black and went to sleep. I jigged
> the mouse, started pressing keys on the KB nothing....  I knew it was
> froze up because I could hit CAPS LOCK and the light would never turn
> on, Had to power off and back on...
>
> I am just tempted to go back to windows. give up on this Linux Crap.
>
> Christopher
>
> Im using 14.04
>
Hi Chris,
I am sorry you are having some issues...  this is very unfortunate.  I
also understand the frustration, because computers can be very frustrating.
I actually had the same frustrations last time I used Windows (Vista). 
All OS can have frustrating problems from time to time.
Fortunately this is a community OS, and you do not have to wait on the
phone for hours just to get told that no one can help :)

I have never had this exact problem before... however, I am going to
guess that it is related to your power management issue.

Did you update the BIOS before you installed Lubuntu?  I have had some
acpi problems with a non-updated BIOS.  And also, if you have an AMD
chip, it can help to use the 64bit version, even if your computer has
<4Gig RAM.  I had a 64bit computer with less than 4Gig RAM, that
couldn't use the power management at all when running the 32bit OS.  I
had to add a kernel parameter to even boot.  And I didn't like using it
because it turned off ACPI.

There is a saying in FLOSS: "Use whatever works for you."
You may try using another flavor of Linux before giving up completely on
it.  I find some computers work better with different spins of Ubuntu,
even.  Lubuntu's components are tweaked to run on a more specific
hardware set so it can run fast when no other modern OS will run at all.

We are here to help if you want our help, and want to continue working
toward using libre software.  For me, knowing my OS was libre(free)
meant that I would not let the challenges defeat me.  I have installed
Lubuntu/Xubuntu/Ubuntu on many computers, and faced MANY challenges. 
But I become determined, and work through the problem.  I have never not
found a solution.  Some are just harder than others.

If you want our help, we are here!  We are the community, this is why we
all signed up to this list :D

-- 
Regards

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HELLO! 

For some reason, instead of EVOLUTION putting your emails in the LUBUNTU FOLDER on IMAP it was storing them all in ALL MAIL and UNREAD... 
So I had to go dig yall out, move you to the inbox, then tell them to move those 9 emails to the LUBUNTU folder in Evolution

Ok, got that fixed so to answer questions:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>Did you update the BIOS before you installed Lubuntu?  I have had some
acpi problems with a non-updated BIOS.  And also, if you have an AMD
chip, it can help to use the 64bit version, even if your computer has
<4Gig RAM.  I had a 64bit computer with less than 4Gig RAM, that
couldn't use the power management at all when running the 32bit OS.  I
had to add a kernel parameter to even boot.  And I didn't like using it
because it turned off ACPI.<<<<<<<<<<<<


No I havent :( This computer was slapped together by a friend cd rom is dead, I think he only wired the headphone jack to work no wireless card 
LOL... i CAN ONLY INSTALL USB :( no floppy... 

The Bios is PHOENIX BIOS I believe... Heres a Screenshot I took:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac69/CMAR606/Xubuntu%20Mail%20List/20140501_124155.jpg


http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac69/CMAR606/Xubuntu%20Mail%20List/20140501_124137.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac69/CMAR606/Xubuntu%20Mail%20List/20140501_124132.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac69/CMAR606/Xubuntu%20Mail%20List/20140501_124125.jpg



right now its trying to freeze up with VLC and FF open... sometimes.. the music will start to skip then start playing right its odd. So far
its stopped for now.

Here is a run down of my system: I am using the 32 bit LUBUNTU. since I have 2 gigs of ram. 

christopher at COMPAQ:~$ sudo lshw
compaq                    
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: G41M-ES2L ()
    vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 uuid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-6CF049AAD917
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: G41M-ES2L
       vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       version: x.x
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: F6
          date: 11/04/2009
          size: 128KiB
          capacity: 960KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-cpu:0
          description: CPU
          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E7500  @ 2.93GHz
          vendor: Intel Corp.
          physical id: 4
          bus info: cpu at 0
          version: 6.7.10
          serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
          slot: Socket 775
          size: 1600MHz
          capacity: 4GHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 266MHz
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: a
             slot: Internal Cache
             size: 64KiB
             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: b
             slot: External Cache
             size: 3MiB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             width: 64 bits
             capabilities: logical
     *-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 19
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 2GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
             physical id: 0
             slot: A0
             size: 2GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM [empty]
             physical id: 1
             slot: A1
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM [empty]
             physical id: 2
             slot: A2
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM [empty]
             physical id: 3
             slot: A3
     *-cpu:1
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu at 1
          version: 6.7.10
          serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
          size: 1600MHz
          capacity: 1600MHz
          capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
          configuration: id=1
        *-logicalcpu:0
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.1
             capabilities: logical
        *-logicalcpu:1
             description: Logical CPU
             physical id: 1.2
             capabilities: logical
     *-pci
          description: Host bridge
          product: 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
          vendor: Intel Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci at 0000:00:00.0
          version: 03
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
        *-pci:0
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:01.0
             version: 03
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:40 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:e0000000-e2ffffff ioport:c0000000(size=536870912)
           *-display
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: GK107 [GeForce GT 640]
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
                version: a1
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                resources: irq:45 memory:e0000000-e0ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:c000(size=128) memory:d2000000-d207ffff
           *-multimedia
                description: Audio device
                product: GK107 HDMI Audio Controller
                vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
                physical id: 0.1
                bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.1
                version: a1
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
                configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
                resources: irq:17 memory:e2000000-e2003fff
        *-multimedia
             description: Audio device
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1b.0
             version: 01
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:e4100000-e4103fff
        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.0
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:7ff00000-800fffff ioport:80100000(size=2097152)
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1c.1
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:e3000000-e3ffffff ioport:e4000000(size=1048576)
           *-network
                description: Ethernet interface
                product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
                logical name: eth0
                version: 02
                serial: 6c:f0:49:aa:d9:17
                size: 100Mbit/s
                capacity: 1Gbit/s
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.2.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
                resources: irq:43 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:e4010000-e4010fff memory:e4000000-e400ffff memory:e4020000-e402ffff
        *-usb:0
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.0
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:23 ioport:e000(size=32)
        *-usb:1
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.1
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.1
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:e100(size=32)
        *-usb:2
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.2
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:18 ioport:e200(size=32)
        *-usb:3
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.3
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: uhci bus_master
             configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
             resources: irq:16 ioport:e300(size=32)
        *-usb:4
             description: USB controller
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1d.7
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1d.7
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
             resources: irq:23 memory:e4104000-e41043ff
        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 82801 PCI Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1e
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1e.0
             version: e1
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-isa
             description: ISA bridge
             product: 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.0
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
             resources: irq:0
        *-ide
             description: IDE interface
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode]
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.2
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.2
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 66MHz
             capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
             resources: irq:19 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f000(size=16)
        *-serial UNCLAIMED
             description: SMBus
             product: NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1f.3
             bus info: pci at 0000:00:1f.3
             version: 01
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             configuration: latency=0
             resources: ioport:500(size=32)
     *-scsi
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
        *-disk
             description: ATA Disk
             product: WDC WD2500AAJS-7
             vendor: Western Digital
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 02.0
             serial: WD-WMAV2AV89345
             size: 232GiB (249GB)
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=00048237
           *-volume:0
                description: EXT4 volume
                vendor: Linux
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: b084e418-e02a-4ce3-9d15-c0f2dcbd273b
                size: 230GiB
                capacity: 230GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2014-05-25 10:42:49 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2014-06-13 01:04:19 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2014-06-13 01:04:19 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Extended partition
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi at 0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                size: 2045MiB
                capacity: 2045MiB
                capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
              *-logicalvolume
                   description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                   physical id: 5
                   logical name: /dev/sda5
                   capacity: 2045MiB
                   capabilities: nofs
christopher at COMPAQ:~$ 



Thanks,
Christopher



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